US Navy – Aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, her pilots claim some responsibility for the current successful Northern Alliance ground campaign.

• Daily Telegraph: Air strikes have paid off, say US pilots

US Navy – Aircraft carriers have demonstrated their value in the campaign to date; their future in the US Navy seems assured.

• Virginian Pilot: U.S. war in Afghanistan reaffirms critical role played by Navy’s carriers
  

US Navy – The USS John Stennis deploys; she will relieve the USS Carl Vinson.

• CNN: Carrier group departs for Arabian Sea
• Associated Press: Aircraft carrier heads to sea with battle group for six months of duty in Persian Gulf region

US Navy – Why tiltrotors are important, if only they could be made to work well.

• Jane’s: At full tilt: operational imperative revives tilt-rotor fortunes